NEC France has signed a supply and installation contract with Bouygues Telecom, one of the principal mobile telephone operators in France. It is to supply its PDH radio communications systems known as "Pasolink" to Bouygues Telecom and with this contract, worth more than R220 million, becomes one of the leaders in the French market for radio transmission systems.
NEC will provide more than 2000 of the Pasolink systems over a period of three years.
In this project, Bouygues Telecom will extend its GSM mobile network to over half the area of the country; connecting its GSM telephone radio stations by using the NEC Pasolink PDH system.
The extensive experience of NEC, its expertise, its position as leader in the world radio telecommunication market and its ability to meet the operational requirements of the operators, were the main factors which contributed to the choice of Bouygues Telecom.
Pasolink is the NEC PDH/SDH radio communication system. This system is based on SHF bands ranging from 7 to 40GHz, and is efficient, flexible and extremely reliable. It allows the rapid and easy deployment of very large-scale speech/data communication networks. Moreover, these networks are easy to install and quick to bring into service, by virtue of their compact and ultra-light design. The Pasolink system is therefore very highly regarded by customers throughout the entire world.
Since NEC launched its 18GHz PDH Pasolink system onto the British market in 1986, NEC has successfully expanded its Pasolink business in Europe, particularly for the demand to connect GSM radio stations. Up to January 2001, NEC had supplied more than 10 000 radio links in Europe.
In France and also in Europe, the mobile telephone market is continuously expanding, and the French market now numbers over 31.3 million GSM subscribers, which represents a rise of 20% in the last six months.
As a result of the above, Bouygues Telecom now envisages extending its network infrastructures, thus anticipating the start-up of the new-generation mobile services.
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